Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, a man with a backbone of steel who isn’t afraid to truly speak his mind without the need for any sort of politically correct filter, posted a video on social media Tuesday that he says perfectly demonstrates how radical left-wing protesters who decide to make everyone’s life a living nightmare by blocking traffic ought to be handled. And, having seen the footage myself, I’m inclined to wholeheartedly agree with him. You’ll see why in just a second.
According to the Daily Wire, the Arkansas Republican promoted the video on his X account just one day after he called for individual Americans to stand up to protesters who are blocking traffic and simply remove them from the road. These people need to know that we aren’t going to take their crap anymore and that means confrontation. Things don’t need to get out of hand, and there does come a time when you have to just walk away, but you can’t impede traffic willy-nilly and be allowed to get away with it.
“I encourage people who get stuck behind the pro-Hamas mobs blocking traffic: take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way,” Cotton stated in his post on Monday. “It’s time to put an end to this nonsense.”
Cotton’s remarks came as far-left pro-Palestinian protesters blocked roads across the country on Monday to protest Israel, which just endured an attack from Iran over the weekend.
The most notable examples of protesters blocking roads included Interstate 190 leading into O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Manhattan-bound traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
Other examples included protesters shutting down Interstate 5 in Oregon, streets in Philadelphia, and the main road leading to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Cotton then on Tuesday posted a video clip from late 2022 in France that showed a group of drivers getting out of their vehicles and dragging the protesters off the road so motorists could pass.
“How it should be done,” Cotton said as the caption on the video.
How it should be done:
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) April 16, 2024
During an interview with Fox News this week, Cotton commented that there are certain parts of the U.S. where it would be a very unwise choice for protesters to block streets and impede traffic on bridges because individuals might just get ticked off enough to toss them over the side of the bridge. Yikes. He’s probably right. Cross someone who is having a doggy turd of a day and you might be going for a swim.
“Let’s just say I think there would be a lot of very wet criminals that would have been tossed overboard — not by law enforcement, but by the people whose road they are blocking,” he went on to say during the interview. “If they glued their hands to their car or pavement, it’d probably be pretty painful to have their skin ripped off.”
These pro-Hamas extremists blocking roads across the country are Joe Biden’s base.
I feel for those with health emergencies, kids, and places to be who are stuck in traffic because of these criminals. pic.twitter.com/CFi8R6xtla
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) April 15, 2024
To summarize what Cotton is trying to say, if you **** around, you will most certainly find out.